Rail-clamp.



C. ORENSTEIN.

RAIL CLAMP.

v WITNESSES 7 APPLICATION FILED JULY 11,1911.

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 11',

1911. Serial No. 637,907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES ORENsTEIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sedalia, in the county. of Pettis and Stateof Missouri, have invented a new and ImprovediRail-Glamp, of which thefolloiw ing'is a full, clear, and exact description.

I My invention relatesto a new and inn proved form of rail clamp.

An object of my invention is to provide a device whereby the rail may be rigidly and firmly. attached to the railroad tie.

A furtherobject of my invention is to provide a. means for tying the rail to the tie, whereby the spikes holding the plate to the tie are protected.

A further obj provide a means for holding the rail to the tie to give abroad bearing on the rail, to firmly hold the same imposition.

I attain the above-outlined objects b'y'dis posing on each tie beneath each rail, a plate having an overhanging ledge on each trans verse side thereof and a shoe disposed beneath the ledge resting on top of'the spikes holding the plate on thetie,said shoe adapted to conform to and engage the web and head of the rail. I

With -the above and other objects in View, as will more fully hereinafter. appear,'the present invention consists in certain novel details of construction an'd'arrangement of,

parts'hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had .to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speci fieation, in which similar characters of ref ercnce indicate corresponding parts in all Figure l is a perspective view showinga partly in position, and Fig. 3 is a trans Verse sectional view'taken on the line 3+3 of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the T arrow. I, r p

In the several figures, I have shown a tie A carrying a rail-13' of the general T const-ruction. Resting on the tie A andpositioned beneath the lowerflange of the rail I B, is a plate 4, theopposite transverse edges of which are formedinto sides 5, the tops of which sides 'arebent inward, tcform an overhanging ledge 6. Intermediate the sides 5, the top 7 ofthe plate 4: is recessed,

the lower flange 9 of the rail'B rests. Adacent to the outside of the recess 8, the plate 4 has extending therethrough spike lto the outside ofthe recesses 10, is a shoe 11, which shoe comprises a fiat rectangular portion 12 having its outer edge recessed at 13, for a purpose hereinafter described. Extending upward from eachfiat portion, is arail-engaging boss 14, which boss conforms to and engages the web 15 of the rail B and fits under and engages the under portion of the top fittiigelti. The under side of set of my invention is to into the tie A through the recess 10 before the shoe 11 is forced into place.- As shown, one head of the spike 18 rests on the top of the lower flange 9 of the rail .13, thus leaving a space between the other end of the head of the spike l8'and the top of the plate 4. As shown in'Fig. 2, the shoe 11 is slid longitudinally into place with the outer edge disposed beneath the ledge-6 and the boss 14: disposed beneath the flange l6 and engaging the web 15. The recess 17 will receive the free head of the spike, thereby'holding the spike firmly in its position. 4

Each end of the sides 5 is recessed, as shown at 19, to form aprojecting lip 20, which lip is bent downward; as shown in Fig. lafter the shoeis in position, thus firmly locking the shoe in the position shown in the figures.

vention has been described, it is tobe underwidely different" embodiments of this infrom the scopethere'of.

It 'isintended that allmatters contained herein in the above description orshown in the accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limlting sense.

It is also to be. understood that the language used in the following claims/is in tended to cover the full scope of the invention andis not. to be given any narrow-er- .con'struc'tion than the prior art demands, and that materials, sizes and relati\' itiesof Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

as shown at 8, into which recessed portion carrying recesses 10. Resting on the plate While a'preferred embodiment of the instood that niany changes could be made in. the above construction and'many apparently vention could be 'made without departing parts are non-essential, except as called for in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a means for attaching a railroad rail to a tie, a plate adapted to rest on the tie beneath the rail, said plate having its opposite endsupturned to form a ledge, said plate having apertures extending therethrough on opposite sides of the base flange of the rail, a shoe disposed on each side of the. rail, said shoe being disposed beneath said. ledge, and having a recessed portion adjacent the aperture in said plate, and a spike adapted to be driven through each aperture in the plate into the tie, one side of the head otsaid spike adapted to rest on the lower flange of the tie and the other side of said head. adapted tobe positioned in the aperture in'the under side of the shoe, to hold said shoe firmly in position.

2. In a means for attaching a railroad rail to a tie, a plate adapted to rest on the tie beneath the rail, said plate having its opposite ends upturned to form a ledge, said plate having apertures extending therethrough on'opposite sides of the base flange of the rail, a shoe disposed on each side of the rail, said shoe being disposed beneath said ledge and having a recessed portion adcopies of this patent may be obtained for jacent the aperture in said plate, and a spike adapted to" be in the plate into the tie, one side 'of the ledge of said spike adapted to rest on the lower flange of the tie and the other side of said head adapted to be ositioned in the aperturin the under side 0? the shoe to hold said shoe firmly in position, said ledge being adapted to be bent to clamp said shoe in position. 3

3. In a means for fastening a rail to a tie, a plate resting on the tie and disposed transversely beneath the rail, the ends of said plate being upturned and inturned to form a ledge, a shoe disposed on opposite sides to and in close engagementwith the web and head of the rail and having a portion disposed beneath said ledge and resting .on

said plate, a spike passing through said plate, the head of said spike holding said rail, shoe and plate in position on the tie, said shoe covering said spike, and means locking said shoe in position, thereby preventing access to said spike.

In testimony 'whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES ORENSTEIN.

Witnesses: I

JOSEPH A. Cuasnorr, WILL'IAM MENDELL.

five cents each, by addressing the commissioner of Patents,

Washington, .D. C.

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